Brandon Epstein

Alignment

You know what needs to change.

What is that recurring voice that pops up in your head saying..

Fire or hire that person in your business?

Cut out that bad health habit you are ashamed of?

Have that tough conversation to mend a relationship?

[insert uncomfortable thing you know you need to do, but haven’t because it’s not a priority or not pressing enough..]

Every day that goes by where your subconscious mind knows that you are not doing what needs to be done it is reinforcing that you do not actually want the things you say you want.

Because if you did you would slow down enough to take inventory of what’s out of alignment and you would handle your business.

This isn’t a time to judge yourself either. Just observe your thoughts. What keeps coming up for you. What do you know needs to be done? Go through the resistance and you will dissolve the resistance. The only way forward is through.

Not sure who needed to hear this, but it’s a topic that comes up a lot for my CEO and Pro athletes clients. Even when you are at the peak of success in your field there will always be resistance that needs to be moved through to get back into alignment, so you can reach the next level in this video game we call life.

If you want a guide to help you through your resistance shoot me a DM “READY” and let’s explore together. No matter where you are on your journey I’ll have something for you 👊

6 weeks in with baby #2 and acceptance is the word that keeps coming up for me

Personally, I found myself full of gratitude for my two beautiful girls, but also feeling this buzzing underlying anxiety around doing more professionally to make sure my family would be provided for in the future.

All high achievers understand that it doesn’t matter what our reality looks like in the present moment. We are constantly tilting towards the future trying to identify what needs to be done now to get us where we want to go.

I fell victim to this same pattern that I often coach my clients through and had to take some of my own medicine and just accept that this is a season of my life where my highest contribution will be my time and energy at home.

Once I accepted the season I was in I felt the anxiety dissolve away and my enjoyment for the present moment expand.

Identifying and accepting the season of life we are in is the key to peace and power in the present moment.

Attuning our awareness to what the present moment requires from us is a never ending journey.

Life is always happening now and what life requires from you right now may be different than what it required from you a month ago or a year ago.

Stay aware.

Peace awaits you through your alignment in the present moment.

Interested in unlocking this level of mastery within yourself? DM me “READY” and let’s discuss.

The Paradox of Achievement

It is the going down and within ourselves that leads to the inspiration that actualizes our desired external achievements.

It is the going outside of ourselves and the obsessing over not having achieved “x” yet that leads to a feeling of lack and worry.

When you are engaged with the task at hand and working from a place of inspiration; what you are seeking starts seeking you.

When you are mentally living in the future or the past you start doing things out of obligation and feel stuck.

We have been sold two lies that perpetuate the way of being that sabotages achievement and happiness.

The first lie is that you need the external achievement to feel good now.

The second lie is that you need to focus outside of yourself (more information, more technology, more certifications, more affirmation from others, more new things) to get the external achievement.

The truth is that when you go within yourself and do the inner work to feel good you get both things you are desiring.

You get to feel good while simultaneously doing the necessary things to achieve your external goals.

This is what people talk about when they say “get into alignment.”

When you are aligned you break the old linear anxiety driven paradigm for success and you step into a new one that feels like flow and unfolds in the eternal present.

Listen I get it. The hardest thing we can do as high achievers who want so much from life is to slow down and go within.

Initially it feels like you are wasting your time, slowing down progress and distracting yourself from the things you have to do.

That is the paradox and you have to be willing to sit in that tension.

Because when you do.. life starts happening for you instead of to you.

Who I AM is far greater than anything I’ll ever do.

I AM a man of God that has been gifted unique talents to heal and uplift the seekers of the world.

On my path it’s becoming apparent that the most brilliant people I work with are recognizing this same truth. That their greatest value comes from who they are and not just what they do.

We are human BEINGs and we can only BE in the present moment. Everything else is an illusion.

Meditate on this..

There’s no where to go.

There’s nothing to do.

There’s nothing to think about.

What emerges from this space is the truth you’ve been seeking.

Can you control the future?

No.. but you can influence it.

You can influence it in two ways 👇

1. The choice you make in the present

2. The way you focus in the present

When you make gratitude your focus you override negative thoughts that make you worry.

Gratitude is the medicine you need to create the emotional frequency you want to live in.

What are you grateful for right now?

Discipline is the highest form of spirituality

That is why practices like fasting and abstaining from certain foods, s*x and mind altering substances have been a part of religion since the beginning of time.

Discipline creates the spaciousness for God to move through us in a way that highlights all of our unique talents we have been gifted.

When you are disciplined with your diet and exercise your body is strong, lean, energized and capable.

When you are disciplined with your focus (what you consume mentally - books vs tv, meditation vs social media scrolling) your mind becomes clear and your emotions peaceful.

When you are disciplined with working on your craft you build great skill that can make you a great living.

Discipline is a spiritual practice and these days.. it’s rare.

It’s rare to find someone who has the integrity to apply discipline to all aspects of their life, but the true masters understand that how you do anything is how you do everything.

So if you have been seeking more discipline in your life; consider that a higher calling. There is a greater version of yourself out there that you know is only possible when you bring it all together.

And guess what.. you don’t have to do it alone.

I have put together a community in The Owned Brotherhood to inspire, coach and hold you accountable to being the man you know you can be.

If you’re interested in learning more comment below or DM me “OWNED” and I can see about getting you involved.

Discipline is the highest form of spirituality

Without an ego there is no you.

The ego has gotten a bad rap lately and it’s time to clear it’s name.

Your ego is not what gives you problems..

Your ego is just the lens that you see life through in every moment of your human experience.

It is your subconscious programming that shapes the world around you and determines how you act and react in any given moment.

So if you feel like you (or someone else) has an ego problem; you/they really have a subconscious programming problem.

Align your programming and your ego becomes your best friend.

Need help with this? DM me BROTHERHOOD and I’ll share details about my private coaching group for men where we dive into this type of work.

Without an ego there is no you.

The ego has gotten a bad rap lately and it’s time to clear it’s name.

Your ego is not what gives you problems..

Your ego is just a filtration system that holds onto your present moment human experience.

It is your subconscious programming that creates meaning of the world around you and powers how you act and react in any given moment.

So if you feel like you have an ego problem; you really have a subconscious programming problem.

Align your programming and your ego becomes your best friend.

Need help with this? Let’s talk.

Stop trying to think your way to success

I ask my pro athlete coaching clients how they create their best performances and they tell me it happens when they stop thinking and just let go in the present moment.

I ask my multimillionaire clients how they got their genius business ideas and they tell me it just came to them in a moment of inspiration.

I ask my creative artist clients how they create their best art and they say it happens when they block out the thinking mind and just surrender to the process in the moment.

You see your thinking mind is your conscious mind and is the first line of defense for your ego. It will tell you that if you don’t rehash the past and think about the future then you won’t get the success you desire.

This control the thinking mind tries to exert over our lives is an illusion.

We are at our best when we stop thinking so much and embrace pure inspiration that bubbles up in the present moment.

You see life is always happening now, so our brilliance has no choice, but to emerge in the eternal present.

And yet we get stuck in these cycles of suffering where we try to out think the future.

Try this on for size..

There is nothing to do.

There is no where to go.

There is nothing to think about.

Sit into this for a bit and notice what inspiration arrives from surrendering into the void of the eternal present.

Through this inspiration your success will flow from a place of peace and ease instead of control and force.

You gotta be the champ before you become the champ. It has to become your lifestyle. - Mike Tyson (is my spirit animal) 🦍🔥

My recipe for lasting success 🔥🙌

Motivation is a byproduct of alignment.

When you are aligned with a clear outcome that your heart genuinely desires you are pulled towards it.

When you have habits in place to reverse engineer that outcome you are aligned for action.

When you have the belief to empower your action you are aligned for consistency.

Clarity - habits - belief = lasting motivation